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Westermarck effect, Wikipedia

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westermarck_effect
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Westermarck effect, Wikipedia
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The Westermarck effect, also known as reverse sexual imprinting, is a psychological hypothesis that states that people tend not to be attracted to peers with whom they lived like siblings before the age of six.
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This source backs 8 claims across the atlas. As facts: 4 well-attested. As cited relationships: 2 holds. Plus 2 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

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  • Psychological Phenomena, 7 claims: 3 well-attested, 2 holds, 2 general references.
  • Sources, 1 claims: 1 well-attested.

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4

Psychological Phenomena

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2

Psychological Phenomena

General References

2

Psychological Phenomena

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